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Brain Injury Bike Rally

A big event this weekend to raise awareness and money for people with brain injuries.

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Updated: 7:36 PM MDT Aug 16, 2014

Brain Injury Bike Rally

A big event this weekend to raise awareness and money for people with brain injuries.

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WEBVTT UNLAWFUL. THERE'S A BIG EVENT THIS WEEKEND TO RAISE AWARENESS AND MONEY FOR PEOPLE WITH BRAIN INJURIES.... KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANGELA BRAUER SPOKE TO THE EVENT'S COORDINATOR... SHE SHOWS US HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. THE CURRENT MRS DUKE CITY - MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS TARA ARELLANO - REMEMBERS HER SISTER'S 2012 CAR ACCIDENT...AS THOUGH IT WAS YESTERDAY. "if you recall, there was two la cueva cheerleaders a couple years ago on paseo" THE GIRLS - 16 AT THE TIME - LOST CONTROL OF THEIR SUV NEAR TRAMWAY AND WENT OFF THE ROAD. "they had rolled three times and were ejected, both the girls were in critical condition" ARELLANO'S SISTER, JESSICA...WAS CRITICAL - WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. SHE BARELY SURVIVED. "it just felt like wasn't real" AFTER MONTHS - EVEN YEARS OF TREATMENT AND PHYSICAL THERAPY... "you see them struggling through.. swallowing, blinking breathing" JESSICA...IS DOING O-K. BUT ARELLANO SAYS HAD HER FAMILY NOT HAD THE MONEY FOR TREATMENT...IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WEEKEND'S BIG EVENT IS ALL ABOUT: TO RAISE MONEY FOR PEOPLE...WHO OTHERWISE CAN'T AFFORD T-B-I TREATMENT. "its a bike ride where you taste wine on your bike" A 16 MILE BIKE RIDE, WITH WINE AND FOOD SAMPLES ALONG THE WAY...FROM VERNON'S STEAK HOUSE TO SAINT CLAIR, ENDING AT CASA RONDENA.. WHERE THERE WILL BE MUSIC, MORE FOOD AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. IT'S A CHANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO STEP UP, AND GIVE TO THOSE ...WHO NEED HELP... SURVIVING. ANGELA BRAUER KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. THE EVENT'S

Brain Injury Bike Rally

A big event this weekend to raise awareness and money for people with brain injuries.